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Featured guest: Dr. Mike Benbough-Jackson In September 1874, the town of Wrexham was consumed by a unique wave of hysteria—a ghost hunt that devolved into a full-scale social disturbance. Who were the ghosts?

In this episode where paranormal history, British folklore, and true crime coalesce, this week our Featured guest is Dr. Mike Benbough-Jackson unpacks the strange true story of the Wrexham Ghost Riots. What began as a hunt for a mysterious attacker—fueled by a cash bounty—quickly transformed into a mob of 400 ghost catchers patrolling the streets with weapons and dogs.

We explore the bizarre entities reported in Victorian newspapers—from giant stilted spectres leaping over walls to dark phantoms lurking along town boundaries—and examine how this unusual episode of Victorian urban legends reflected the deep-seated social anxieties and class tensions of 19th-century Wales

(00:00) Introduction to the Wrexham Ghost Riots

(01:31) Wrexham’s Victorian context and city status

(06:00) The social panic and ghost hunt beginnings

(08:00) The assault, Charlie of the Well, and the bounty

(11:00) Capture of Wilkinson and mob hysteria

(18:00) The long-legged stilted ghost and the black ghost

(27:00) Comparisons to Spring-Heeled Jack

(32:00) Race, outsiders, and boundary ghosts

(41:00) Conclusion and class dynamics

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As Seriously Strange 2026 is now underway, Prof Chris French as a keynote speaker, is unable to attend, so I have gone into the archives, this recording has not previously been available on this channel. From Seriously Strange 2013 - An Introduction to Anomalistic Perception www.ASSAP.ac.uk Dive into the seriously strange side of the unexplained with ASSAP! 👻✨🔔 Subscribe for regular webinars and podcasts!Like 👍, comment 💬, and share your own eerie experiences in the comments.🌐 Join & Learn MoreBecome an ASSAP Member: https://www.assap.ac.uk🎙️ Listen on the GoAudio Podcasts: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music and moreVideo: Youtube | Spotify | Rumble | OdyseeSearch "Seriously Strange"📱 Connect With UsX / Twitter: @ASSAParanormalFacebook Group: ASSAP Group Facebook: ASSAP British UFOlogy GroupInstagram and Threads: ASSAP_Paranormal#ASSAPWebinars

Featured guests are Ash Ellis and Greg Thomlinson take us on a fascinating journey that links classic ghost research and modern non-human intelligence encounters. Might they be investigating the very same phenomena?Drawing on historical figures such as Jürgenson and Raudive, the Estes Method, trance states, and contemporary field observations, they explore whether the same underlying intelligence (or trickster-like phenomenon) may be at work across both hauntings and high-strangeness UFO cases.
Drawing on the pioneering work of Jürgenson, Raudive and others, radio-sweep techniques, trance states and field observations, they ask whether the same curious (or trickster-like) intelligence might be answering us across both spectral and stellar territories.🔔 Subscribe for regular webinars and podcasts!Like 👍, comment 💬, and share your own eerie experiences in the comments.🌐 Join & Learn MoreBecome an ASSAP Member: https://www.assap.ac.uk🎙️ Listen on the GoAudio Podcasts: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music and moreVideo: Youtube | Spotify | Rumble | OdyseeSearch "Seriously Strange"📱 Connect With UsX / Twitter: @ASSAParanormalFacebook Group: ASSAP Group Facebook: ASSAP British UFOlogy GroupInstagram and Threads: ASSAP_Paranormal🗣️ Hosted by: Kristian Lander & Dr Mike Benbough-Jackson📅 Recorded Live

Our Featured guest Paul Goddard takes us through his path from aspiring DJ and paranormal investigator to past-life regression therapist. He describes a clear apparition he witnessed at 5 a.m. in a Gloucester shop, how watching his father use hypnosis during illness changed his direction, and the Jenny Cockell case that softened his earlier resistance to reincarnation.

The episode explores practical and ethical approaches to hypnotic regression — guiding rather than leading, handling strong emotional responses, the value of recording every session, and making space for healing. Paul shares several of his most compelling client experiences, including a First World War pilot and an early-nineteenth-century explorer’s daughter, while remaining open to different explanations for the memories that surface.

A grounded, reflective conversation for anyone interested in past lives, hypnosis, or the boundary between the paranormal and personal transformation.

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Featured guest is Paul Goddard

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In 1840, twelve-year-old Mary Jobson lay ill in a Sunderland tenement when the knocks began — always three times.

Then a voice claiming to be Jesus started speaking from her bedside.

Documented in detail by respected physician Dr William Reid Clanny, this is one of the strangest and least-known poltergeist cases of the 19th century.

Heavenly music, family secrets revealed, a miraculous recovery… and the shadow of the cholera epidemic that first hit Britain in Sunderland.

Our featured guest is Historian Stephen Miller of The Poltergeist Project, he tells the full story.

In this episode, Professor Chris French joins us for a deep dive into the famous Daryl Bem "Feeling the Future" controversy and what it reveals about science, psychology, and parapsychology.Chris unpacks the original claims of precognition, the failed replication attempts (including his own), questionable research practices, and why replication matters so much — especially when extraordinary claims are involved.A must-listen for anyone interested in skepticism, anomalous psychology, the replication crisis, or how science really works.Timestamps:00:00 – Caroline's update & welcome07:35 – Chris French talk begins17:54 – The BEM paper that shook psychology22:45 – Failed replications44:04 – Publication bias and the replication crisis56:36 – The massive Transparency Project01:00:38 – Audience Q&ABook: The Science of Weird Shit by Chris French

Featured guest Prof Chris French of Goldsmiths London, Anomalistic Parapsychology Research Unit

Presented by Kristian Lander and Caroline McKendrick Gibson for the Association of Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena

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Why was a man killed by a “giant fish” in shallow British waters in the 1920s?

What swam into Limerick docks during the Irish Civil War? And what was the incredibly fast sea serpent that hundreds of holidaymakers tried to chase along the East Coast in 1936?

Historian Dr Mike Benbough-Jackson takes us through three strange aquatic cases from the interwar period, examining eyewitness accounts, newspaper reports, possible explanations — and what these stories reveal about the British coast and national psyche at the time.

A thoughtful, well-researched exploration of sea monsters, monster theory, and history’s stranger side.

Guest: Dr Mike Benbough-Jackson

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Luke Yorkshire (Interstellar Discussion) shares his family’s chilling poltergeist experiences and his deep dive into Wiltshire’s crop circle phenomenon.

From military sightings and farmer eyewitnesses to geometry, patterns, and the crossover between the paranormal and unexplained — a grounded, optimistic search for answers.

• The latest UK crop circles and what makes them different• Poltergeist activity crossing over into crop circle hotspots• Scientific data, eyewitness testimony, and why hoax explanations often fall short• A balanced look at human patterns, geometry, and possible non-human intelligence

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Chronological Confusion: Famous "Out-of-Place Artifacts" Finally InvestigatedDid advanced civilisations exist tens or hundreds of thousands of years ago? In this deep-dive presentation, Kristian examines some of the most famous Out-of-Place Artifacts (OOPArts) that continue to fuel ancient mysteries and theories.

From the London Hammer in 400-million-year-old rock, the mysterious Coso Spark Plug, the Salzburg Cube, the Romanian Aluminium Wedge, the Baigong Pipes in China, and even a gold chain supposedly found in coal — we go through the claims, the evidence, and what modern investigation actually reveals.Expect surprising conclusions, clickbait warnings, and one genuinely impressive ancient discovery from Denisova Cave that proves real human ingenuity goes back much further than we thought.🔍 Topics Covered:• London Hammer (Texas)• Salzburg Cube / Wolfsburg Iron• Coso Spark Plug (California)• Romanian Aluminum Wedge• Baigong Pipes (China)• The 1891 Gold Chain Hoax• Real advanced ancient technology at Denisova CaveThis is a no-nonsense, evidence-based look at chronological anomalies — perfect for fans of Graham Hancock, Ancient Aliens, and skeptical inquiry alike.👉 What do YOU think? Are any of these artifacts truly mysterious?Drop a comment and let us know which one surprised you most.---Support the channel & stay curious:• Subscribe for more deep dives into the unexplained• Turn on notifications 🛎️Links:www.ASSAP.ac.uk#OOPArts #OutOfPlaceArtifacts #AncientMysteries #LondonHammer #CosoSparkPlug #AncientCivilizations #Debunked #Archaeology #LostCivilizations #ForbiddenHistory

This special 45th Anniversary ASSAP Seriously Strange Special celebrates the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena with a lively town hall discussion on its history, achievements, and future.

Hosted by Kristian Lander, with Caroline reflecting on her six years as a committee member, the session features insightful contributions from Hugh Pincott (on the 1981 founding and divergence from the SPR), Alan Cleaver, Maurice Townsend (Merlin Matrix & Project Albion), William (Bill) Eyre, Steve Hume, Sarah Pilkington, and others.

A celebratory deep dive into early ASAP News editions, training programs, investigator bulletins, governance developments, and the proactive spirit that has defined the organization for 45 years.

Whether you’re a longtime member or discovering ASAP for the first time, this episode offers valuable context on the evolution of serious anomalous research in the UK.

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